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RE: Supporting "-v" option for git-log

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TMTim Mazid <timmazid@hotmail.com>
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May 25, 2011, 11:05 UTC
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> Date: Wed, 25 May 2011 12:40:48 +0300
> From: elazarl@gmail.com
>
> I want to use git log to show all commits that do not match a given
> pattern. I know I can use the following to show all commits that do
> match a pattern, similar to the "grep -v" command line option:
>
> git log -v --grep= # results all commits that do NOT match pattern
>
> Is there a way invert the sense of matching?
>
> If not, is it OK to submit a patch? Anything to consider for this patch?

I'm confused; do you want to find all the commits that do not match a pattern? Because you seem to have achieved that. If, on the other hand, you want the commits that DO match a pattern, then just leave out the "-v" option.

What exactly are you trying to achieve?
Tim.
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